(a guide for foreign journalists on Oromos and Ethiopian history) By Prof. Feqadu Lamessa for Salem-News.com ADAMA, Ethiopia (Salem-News) – Recently, the Qatar-based media al Jazeera has published several articles concerning the Oromo people of Ethiopia. It is the first international media outlet to extensively report on our people and it should be praised for bringing our cause…
By Max Fisher , Vox We take it for granted that the United States is the most powerful country on Earth today, and perhaps in human history. The story of how that came to be is long, fascinating, complex — and often misunderstood. Here, excerpted in part from “70 maps that explain America,” are maps that help show…
Blanket US support for the Ethiopian regime risks dismantling the country’s already beleaguered opposition By Awol Allo It was only two months ago during the Israeli election that the White House was scrambling to convince the American public that the United States does not intervene in the electoral processes of other democracies. “This administration goes…
Some analysts attributed the Egyptian state’s alleged reluctance to save the Copts to its desire to find a strong justification for striking ISIS inside Libya. (File photo: AFP) By Sonia Farid | Al Arabiya News Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was at Cairo International Airport to welcome 27 Ethiopians who were abducted by militants in Libya…
By Terrence Lyons, The Washington Post Ethiopian journalist Simegnish “Lily” Mengesha (R) sits with President Obama during a round table with persecuted journalist for World Press Freedom Day at the White House in Washington, DC, May 1, 2015. JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images Ethiopia, Washington’s security partner and Africa’s second most populous country, is scheduled to hold national…
So you want to know what happens in the dark alleyways of the internet? The “Dark Web” or “deep web” was created by online activists who were trying to share content using the most private methods. Without a doubt, there are a bunch of places in this bizarre grove of the web that people should…
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A look back a mere hundred years ago may give us some answers. By Peter Harris, The National Interest It has been conventional wisdom for well over a decade that China is a rising power. The statistics on China’s current size and projections about its future growth have become such clichés that they scarcely warrant repeating. Suffice…
HIV has been a public health issue in Congo, but what about the role that Belgian colonization played in the cultivation of this dreaded virus? The government of Ethiopia is selling off valuable swaths of land and displacing natives in the process. Why is this happening, and what is being done about it? The Global…
DAVID NYE, WE ARE THE MIGHTY It’s always fun to sit around and war-game which country could beat up which, and it’s even better when you have hard facts to back up your arguments. Below is a summary of the top ten militaries in the world, according to Global Firepower, which tracks military power through publicly-available sources.…